Essays on Excitement

Human sexuality can be considered as a controversial issue in today’s society. The emergence of the different concepts of gender and sexuality have solicited different perspective and points of view regarding the issue. However, one of the most technical, yet also practical way of approaching this topic, is through th application of evidences provided by science. 1.3 Self-Test 1. Two of the most well-known scientists when it comes to the study of sexuality are Havelock Ellis and Alfred Kinsey. The most notable contribution of Ellis in this field of study, is his thorough work on the Modern Sexual ...

Edgework can be termed as anarchic human experiences that often involve voluntary activities that individuals take part in for the purpose of acquiring a sense of self-determination as well as control thus, through an “adrenaline rush”. Further, edgework can also be defined as the negotiation of two extremes as well as opposing sides these are such as life and death (Lumtpon 2012). When individuals take part in edgework activities which are acts that involve extreme risk- taking, they tend to push themselves thus, to the edge of danger for the purpose of gaining excitement as well as certainty (Lyng ...

Gothic Literature Gothic novel originated in England, in the last quarter of the XVIII century. It opens up a world, freed from the everyday plausibility. This world is fantastic, with a gloomy color and plot, covered with historical and geographical romance and sinister atmosphere. Gothic novel is more than two hundred years; it has changed, has become modern, but have not lost its essential characteristics – pleasant horror, tension and excitement.

British Gothic Novel

Gothic novel in England has been very popular since the XVIII century. The “father” of this genre of literature is considered to be Horace Walpole, with the novel The ...

I was lucky enough to find myself having fun with people who were complete strangers to me not one month ago, and despite that I was always losing willingness to make a journey to a city which was new with people who were unknown, I found that outside of my comfort zone was exactly where the most beautiful part of the world existed and thrived. That fine Tuesday, the sun had lost its fiery and the hot summer noon had eased into a calm evening in the scorching desert sand and all around me, people were talking and cheering. ...

Introduction

The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) and The Dispossessed (1974) are useful resources that demonstrate the utopian models and breaking of limits by individuals. The paper aims at identifying the concepts of individuality in the settings of radically different individuals in the society. It demonstrates the differences in culture and interactions that exist between racially different individuals as well as their similarities. Both texts are utopian in that they give a critical review of the powerful ideologies that exist between human, environments, politics among others. The essay focuses on two characters that help in pushing the plot forward as ...

Introduction

Numerous types of color processes in film has been witnessed throughout time. It is evident that some color has been more successful in film than others. As a matter of fact, some colors have remained dominant for an extended period while others fade away quickly if not required. In the future, the film industry will go ahead to experience advanced technology that will enable filmmakers to use more attractive and sophisticated colors. Probably an essential point to remember is that the evolution in film has been undergoing a gradual transformation since time immemorial. Like a century ago, people thought ...

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Introduction 4 Theoretical Background 4 Brand Love Scales 4 Definition of Love 5 Personality of Brand 5 Image of the Brand 5 Brand Love’s Elements 6 Brand Romance 7 Brand Attitude 7 Brand Loyalty 7 Fashion Brands Love 8 Brand Love in Cell Phone Industry 8 Brand Love Creation by the Companies 8 Apple/Samsung/Huawei 8 PepsiCo 9 Benetton 9 Conclusion 9

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Executive Summary Brand love is a relatively new phenomenon actively discussed by the scholars and marketing professionals. Brand love is necessary for the modern companies to successfully attract and retain their customers. Moreover, it helps to convince ...

The trait theory determines the type of personality an individual comprises with, particularly when exhibiting the roles in an organization. The Big Five-Personality Traits (BFT) includes “openness to experience” that signifies the intellectual and imaginative mind in personality exhibition. Second, an “emotional stability” signifies the relaxed and calm personality of an individual. Third, the trait of “conscientiousness” refers to the dependable and achievement driven personality of an individual. “Agreeableness” indicates that an individual is trustworthy and cooperative towards work and “extraversion” states that an individual is extremely interactive and assertive by nature (John & Srivastava, 1999). Based on the scores, ...

Abstract

Over time, substance abuse has been under extensive research from scholars. The topic is prevalent in various areas and more so in the education sector. Most individuals fail to understand the significant difference between substance abuse and addiction. The ideas tend to revolve in the same realm. Therefore, this paper strives to elaborate on addiction and how they are related to mood disorders. Also, the paper delves into the causes and reasons why someone can be involved in a substance abuse, which can lead to mood disorders. The causes of drug addiction are also illustrated giving out the way ...

Putting human beings on the Mars has constantly been a subject of science fiction for quite some time now. Notably, in the late 1960s when humanity finally set its foot on the moon, it appeared as though human beings were just a small step away from reaching the Mars. However, with the winning of the Space Race, public interest, as well as, excitement, an arguable most significant factor i.e. funding commenced waning as times passed consequently reaffirming the assertion that we are still not closer to the Mars as it was the situation in the 1960s. As it stands, ...

The integration of technology in our daily lives is something that has significantly changed the way we communicate. In the contemporary setting, information received in one corner of the world will within seconds be discussed and aired across major and local media stations and shared widely across the social media platforms (Thomas, McIntosh & Edwards, 2013). In essence, we are living in a global village with the internet having outwitted all the physical barriers that have previously hindered communication. This aspect has created a society that is in dire need of information and each one of us is yearning to ...

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Overview

Based on a 2005 survey that was published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, 2.6 percent of the adult population has a bipolar disorder (National Institutes of Health, n.d.). Among these people, 82.9 percent have severe cases of the said condition. Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive disorder, is a serious condition which affects patients’ day to day lives. The National Institutes of Health (n.d.) describes this condition as a “dramatic shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels.” In the popular culture, this disorder have been presented in many American films. For instance, in the year 2012, ...

Using the five concepts of representation, sexual, content, media and free speech, my definition of pornography is that is a representation of free speech using sexual content through different media. The history of pornography and its struggle to be included in mainstream entertainment has revolved around these five words. My understanding of these five concepts is as under. Representation is the basic concept of displaying and conveying the information from the point of enactment to the point of viewing. In context of pornography, this representation can be in different forms and styles. Also, I think that pornography as a ...

Song 1

Introduction- Spomal by Peha is a soulful award winning song by the contemporary Slovakian band. The beautiful song presents a smooth flow of instrumentals and the deep soulful rendition is truly inviting. The song represents modern pop culture of Central Europe, showing the departure from traditional music and contemporary orchestra and embracing modern pop music and dance. Its good reception is also reflective of the new generations’ taste that is influenced by other cultures like American pop. Link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyfjLCajbCwSong 2 Introduction- This is the kind of song that gets you up on your feet to the dance floor to ...

Extreme sport influence

Extreme sport is a kind of sport that is associated with high risk, peril or danger. This type of sport started to emerge relatively not long time ago. Before, humankind did not have such industrial and technological progress as we do nowadays; humans had to procure food and shelter constantly in their everyday life. It was all about danger and tension that embodied in the form of wild animals, natural disasters or other perilous things that surrounded humans. Nowadays, however, the world became much safer in the terms of nature. People can control many things yet sometimes it is ...

Fullan (2011) describes ‘motion leadership’ as a constructive way of helping leaders to move the institutions, individuals and the whole system forward in an assertive manner while embracing and managing the challenges that are integral to the leading process. The following are the motion leadership ratings for the leader in me: Relationship First: 4/5: I understand that relationships at work are paramount and significant to gain positive connections and trust of the fellow people. I believe in solid relationships. I get carefully involved in listening to others, find facts and diagnose the situation. Beware of fat plans: 5/5: I ...

The grammatical functions in the main clause of each of the sentences include: Subject, Direct Object, Indirect Object, and Subject Complement. 1. Mary didn’t tell me where she had found the missing scissors. [Mary] – Subject. [me] – Indirect Object. [where she had found the missing scissors] – Direct Object.

The fancy sports car his mother had bought generated a great deal of excitement.

[Car ] – Subject . [a great deal of excitement] – Direct Object.

Bill seemed thoroughly satisfied with the condition of the residence.

[Bill] – Subject. [satisfied] – Subject Compliment. [with the condition of the residence] – Direct Object.

Beatrice claimed that she can achieve a perfect score on the assignment.

[Beatrice] – Subject. [that she can achieve a perfect score on the assignment] – Direct Object.

Our guests walked to the shopping mall in the afternoon.

[Guests] – Subject. [to the shopping mall] – Subject Compliment II. Ian appreciated the gift which he ...

EnergyFizz is a new energy drinks’ company focused on conquering the USA market. The company will not process its products but will acquire them from the East, repackage its products to ensure they fit the regulations and standards set by FDA. The market is ready for a new entrant. However, the entrant should be different from what is already on the market. For that reason, we are focused on exploiting the organic foods. People are currently on the lookout for healthier options to processed foods and drinks and are geared to favor organic foods over processed or Genetically Modified ...

Contemporary Marketing Issues

Executive summary Brand love is about a brand attitude that people hold about a brand. Some most famous theories of brand love include Sternberg’s (1986) theory of triangular love, Consumer-brand relationship theory proposed by Shimp and Madden (1988), Lovemark theory of Robert (2005), and Emotional brand attachment theory proposed by Carroll and Ahuvia (2006). Findings disclosed that emotional approaches to brand love are stronger than rationale benefits. Organizations that transformed from functional to emotional include Coca-Cola and Walt Disney. These organizations are the examples, of emotional theories as they got huge success through deploying interpersonal emotional theories of ...

Introduction

Over the years, little has changed the way romantic relationships are formed. Both scholars and the average dater agree it usually begins with physical attraction and perceived similarity, and progresses in a somewhat predictable manner from there. Typically, this progression has followed theoretical frameworks such as Knapp’s stages of relational development and Taylor’s (1968) social penetration theory. What these theorists might not have accounted for in the 1970’s (and what seems to be transforming the way young people pursue relationships) is the invention of the Smartphone.

Literature Review

One of the earliest perspectives on communication during romantic initiation ...

Introduction

One of the biggest TV series that hit the US primetime television, The Walking Dead follows tells stories of moment-to-moment survival in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. The epic drama magnifies personal struggles that convey a thematic survivalist story as its core context. At the surface, it is easy to see how its title implies the dangers of the mindless walking corpses. However, the deeper meaning of the story reveals that it is not the zombies that were regarded, as the walking dead, but those who survived the apocalypse can be far more dangerous and worst than the ...

Deadpool

Introduction The film score which is also called the background music of the film also forms the film’s soundtrack which is timed to begin and end specific points in the movie. It is also used to heighten the dramatic plot and the emotional impact of the film for the audiences. It is written under the guidance of the director because it is important that the music used in the film would be related to the scenes or sequences. The film industry acknowledges the importance of the background music and soundtrack of the film because it is used to ...

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Theories were developed over the years, as researchers and sociologists tried to explain the reasons why there is crime within the communities. These theories include the social bonds theory, the self-control theory, the power control theory, the control balance theory, the differential coercion theory, and the social support theory. Based on the theories, there are five realities behind the causation of crime: (1) that crime is caused by weakening bonds to the society; (2) that crime is the effect of having low self-control; (3) that crime is caused by occupational patriarchy; (4) that it is caused by the roles ...

Understanding of the political system of Japan is critical for understanding the major interests of this country and forecasting its behavior. Since the 1950s until the early 2000s the Liberal Democratic Party remained in power. But in the 21st century, it was temporarily ousted by other political forces. In 2012, it regained power and is ruling party in Japan now. What are the reasons behind the LDP’s domination? I will try to explain it not going deep into history but illustrating the most recent developments in Japanese policy. The result of the Japanese parliamentary elections of 16 December ...

How To Become An Effective Leader for Your Team

Many books have been written on leadership and what the process looks like when handled correctly. But one of the keys to the successful leader begins with a leader understanding the methodology of leadership. There are differences relative to the leadership practice to include the transformational, situational, value based, and authentic leadership methodologies. Leadership within the team environment also has its challenges as the team environment can cause the leader to be placed under intense pressure sometimes having to push the team in order to get the job done. Add to this the stress factor and the leader has ...

Soundtracks to movies appeared even before we could actually here the actors. The music, which accompanies the scenes, help the view feel the film better and grasp the emotions on screen. Three pieces of music were chosen to go with a particular fragment of the movie Rob Roy. First Selection: Beethoven's 5th Symphony, 1st movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7pQytF2nak The music is to start playing from the moment the main hero grabs the ropes. The singular notes already played by a group of strings to create the sounds of a chord perfectly represent the dramatic atmosphere of the moment. Moreover, the syncopation ...

The power of creative solutions in advertising is well known. Unexpected spectacular images and stories are interesting both of advertisers and the public. For an infinite variety of solutions, which we refer to creative advertising, there is a certain mechanism of action - emotion. This article describes a few specific phenomena related to the field of emotions in advertising. Argumentation is the way the argument is put forward in the course of which a certain position as a proven thesis (thesis is a position which is necessary to argue). The truth of an advertising thesis is proven by a ...

According the author emotions are what rules our daily lives. People make decisions based on their emotions. Hobbies and activities we choose are solely based on the kind of emotion they cause to us. I tend to disagree with author propositions that emotions are the tiny psychological factors that make individual behavior in a certain way or choose to do one thing inside of the other. Humans also make decision on activities to engage in based on the future outcomes expected. It beats logic why someone would make a decision to rob a bank because it incites a cheerful ...

GoodFellas, the 1990 gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese, has achieved legendary status as one of the best mobster movies of all time. A classic example of Scorsese’s signature energetic style and deep, abiding sense of mood, GoodFellas examines the life and times of gangster Henry Hill, played by Ray Liotta, and his friends Jimmy the Gent and Tommy DeVito, played by Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, and their rise and fall through the world of organized crime. What is most fascinating is the use of point of view and perspective through editing to tell the story ...

Introduction

Concerns with avoiding the adverse consequences of Global Warming and the effects of Climate Change has increased significantly over the past decades (Deutch et al.). The leading economies such as the United States are still reluctant to adopt comprehensive climate change policies despite pledging to do so. Nor has there been an agreement with the emerging rapidly-growing economies such as India, South Korea, China, Indonesia, and Mexico on the mechanisms to adopt Greenhouse Gas (GHGs) emission constraints (US Energy Information Administration [EIA]). With Global emissions of GHGs projected to continue to increase, there is the added urgency to not ...

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The need for gambling disorder treatment increases due to the growth of the gaming operations in the United States of America and globally, there is a rise in recognition of clinical investigators together with the creation of awareness among the public to be able to assess gambling symptoms and its harmful consequences on the lives and overall function of gamblers. In this effort to recognize and ameliorate the symptoms of gambling, instruments were created to identify the severity of the gambling symptoms and also any changes that are reflected due to changes from treatment. In empirical research, a variety ...

We could describe memory as the ability of our brain to not only store but also retrieve the information when needed. The memory could be explained under several different types, and there are also a few categories to the anomalies that could be associated with the human memory. One of the memory types is the Sensory memory which we are going to look into in detail in the following few paragraphs.

Sensory Memory

Any memory before being committed to our brain has to be first picked up by our senses which are our sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. The storage ...

Service Encounters

1.0 Description of Service Encounters, Time, and Place Service Encounter I: The first service encounter was between Mr. Franklin and Tim. Mr. Franklin is a retired city attorney of Chicago while Tim is a high school dropout selling soft drinks from a roadside shop. This is the conversation between the two. The conversation was essentially informal since Mr. Franklin and Tim are friends. Tim: Mr. Frank what’s up! (In an excitement mood, he stands up to shake Mr. Franklin’s hand in a respectful manner) Tim: Long time no see! (Still in an excitement mood, takes the note ...

There are probably very few people who have not heard the words from their wife or husband, “How much do you love me?” There are uncounted numbers of poems and song lyrics dedicated to the topic of the breadth and depth of undying passion. A constant stream of books such as “Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus” and “Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships” tout philosophies for providing understanding and excitement for couples. Romantic love may lead to the life-long commitment of a monogamous relationship, but it is generally known that the first ...

Essay on Borders

Introduction Identity is a strong personal bond created in one’s character. There are several models expressing the nature of identity, and each model is expressed in the characters in this story. The mother would not give up her identity and declare herself American or Canadian. It seems the boy was either not understanding or in denial of what was happening as his focus throughout was on past experiences and food but yet was learning his identity through the interactions of his mother. The daughter in the story had a great desire to leave the reservation, but then reconsidered ...

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The Five Factor Theory of Personality

The Five Factor Theory of Personality is a framework that most psychologists use to identify and analyze personality attributes. Psychology experts and professionals began to recognize and accept the importance of this theory starting in 1980’s (McCrae and John, 1990). Based on this theory, personality traits have five basic dimensions: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience. These five dimensions are popularly known as the Big Five Personality Traits.

For each dimension of the Big Five Personality traits, also known as the Five Factor Model, corresponding characteristics are associated.

Extraversion The first dimension is Extraversion, and this is associated with warmth, gregariousness, assertiveness, activity, excitement seeking, and positive emotions (McCrae and John, 1990). Using a ...

Introduction

Life is a pause and no one knows of the time or place of the next action. No one knows what tomorrow will bring, the past however is full of memories that shape the person that we are today. People look at their state I life and react as one of two ways, as in the book they are not pleased with their state in life or the other alternative is to be completely happy with your life as it is now. Pause is powerful beyond imagination as if a shuffle playlist keeps haunting you. Because of the uncertainties, ...

<Lecturer’s Name and Course Number> They were standing there. There could hardly believe that they were doing this. It was pitch black and it was dangerous for sure. Nonetheless, these people up there knew that what awaited them the next morning was something no money can buy ever. They felt like being in a different world altogether. The clouds flew like birds, the sky covered them like an enormous blue umbrella, and the altitude made all the difference. Melanie had experienced many things, but this was something she had never imagined in her wildest dreams. Mother Nature ...

Psychologist Kendra Cherry defines dreams as “the images, thoughts and emotions that are experienced during sleep, which can be extraordinarily vivid or very vague; filled with joyful emotions or frightening imagery; focused and understandable or unclear and confusing” (Cherry, 2014). There are many dream theories that attempt to explain why people dream and how dreams are formed. However, there is no agreement on exact reasons for dreaming. The theories attempt to explain what goes on when one dreams, the source of content of dreams, and the reasons behind the dreams. One of the popular theories is the psychoanalytic theory ...

Chapter 1 – Introduction

Media is normally considered as the medium through which general public gets information, coverage and other details of an important event that took place someplace else. Initially, the media was print media that only covered events already happened hence there was no possibility of live coverage. Media evolved from print to electronic after invention of radio. The electronic media further boosted when television was invented and sold commercially. Live coverage of events is an important aspect of electronic media that has resulted in booming the event industry. In last couple of decades, internet has boosted a lot due to ...

Susie was not one to cast judgment on another person because she was not that kind of girl; that was not the kind of person her parents had raised her to become. In the brightly lit hollow that was her bedroom, she stood and wondered why her brother could be so mean and hateful to her. They had spent nine months together in their mother’s womb. That should have been enough time to bond, in Susie’s opinion. Timothy was older by nine minutes. It was hardly the blink of an eye, Susie was sure, when it came ...

The story of Leo Buscaglia is an inspiration to many people across the world. The concept of fully functioning humans has manifested in the lives of many people. In his concept of being fully human, the motivational speaker alludes to certain elements that can be classified as living a lifestyle entirely and exercising its mandate with the fullness it deserves. He asserts that many people are normally observers of life rather than participators. The author puts to use his artistry and cynical style of analogy to offer the live audience an anecdote of living fully as human. In his ...

Introduction

Coca-Cola boasts a very rich advertising history with over one hundred years of print advertising and over one hundred promotional advertisements. Coca-Cola has not only been among the leaders in the soft drinks industry with the over 500 brands it has today and selling 1.7 billion drinks in a single day. The company has made numerous strides since its inception in May 1886. The company was incepted by an Atlanta-based pharmacist who sold the syrup that now makes the beverage as a soda fountain and his partner, Mr. Robinson suggested that they brand it Coca-Cola as he felt that ...

Abstract

Facial expression is an essential form of non-verbal communication, especially as it relates to the expression of emotion. The following study is designed to describe the correlation between self-identified cultural influence and recognition of emotion. Literature will be organized and discussed as it relates to the cultural differences between facial expression recognition. A correlation study will then be conducted to determine whether certain facial expressions are more universal than others, especially as it relates to decoding facial expressions that relate to specific emotion. The study anticipates that happiness is more universal than most other facial expressions, while anger, irritation, ...

For purposes of addressing this topic, I will be discussing a short video clip of Jack Welch who is a legendary CEO of General Electric and a management guru. In this short video clip of only around 8 minutes long, Jack talks about the management styles that should be practiced by the managers in the society of today. He starts his discussion by stating that management should not be only for personal benefits but rather for the benefits of the whole society. He states categorically that the main function of a manager is to grow his/her people and make ...

Abstract

Cigarette smoking is one of the main risk factors for disability, disease, and death that can be prevented according to World Health Organization (Johnson et. al., 2000). The number of people that smoke has been rapidly increasing. The habit tends to start when individuals are at their teenage years or early adulthood and they become addicted and carry it on to adulthood. Some of the common reasons why young people begin smoking are to fit in to the crowd, for the rush they get and to experiment. Many people try out smoking but don’t end up becoming smokers. ...

Pareto optimality is a condition of distribution of assets in which it is difficult to improve any one individual off without making any individual worse off. The term is named after Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), an Italian architect and financial expert who utilized the idea as a part of his investigations of monetary productivity and pay dispersion. Given a starting allotment of products among an arrangement of people, a change to an alternate distribution that improves no less than one individual off without aggravating whatever other individual off is known as a Pareto change. An assignment is characterized as " ...

Introduction

Organizations constantly explore methodologies and tools that can assist them in gaining competitive advantages, and competitive advantage arises when an organization has or does something different and better than its rivals (Thompson, 2013). Understandably, both the manufacturing and service companies introduce innovative products and services respectively in a bid to gain the competitive advantages. The cornerstone for product and service innovation in the contemporary world is Information Technology (IT) because it helps the manufacturing and service companies to offer superb services and products to their customers. It is noteworthy that Information technology and other services related to it have ...

A Case Study

Jonathan, a married 32-year-old Asian-American male, with an income of $70,000 annually reported symptoms of pathological gambling. As stated by his wife, Marigold, Jonathan has an uncontrollable urge to visit casinos and bet on slot machines. If he could not go out, he uses his credit cards to bet online. He rarely communicates with Marigold and their two children and prefers to lock himself in the room. According to Marigold, Jonathan started betting on casino slot machines with his workmates. They persuaded him by telling him that it was a lucrative activity with negligible losses. He began betting ...

The poems of the Kokin wakashu that deals with the progression of the four seasons do so in six books. The first book covers the dawn of spring, where it first gets warm from winter and the flowers are blooming. The perceptions of these poems are happy and excited at the coming of spring. The second book covers the passing of spring, where there is mourning for the loss of spring. The third book covers summer, where there are mentions of different flowers blooming and the sound of birds. The fourth book covers the start of autumn, and like ...

“I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life,” Virginia Woolf confessed in Moments of Being. It is how she defined her enquiring mind that actually gave birth to the finest works in British literature. During Virginia Woolf’s entire life, she was borrowing her insights and gathering her feelings from ordinary weaving people, emotions, and incidents into completely modern lines. In fact, the external daily life was ingrained in the inner flow of author’s mind. No other writer was able to react so accurately to the constant change that took place in ...

Introduction

Some organizations are successful while others are not successful. There has been arguments as to what causes some organizations to succeed and what causes others to fail. Some literature support the view that organizations succeed if they recruit skilled and experienced employees. Other sources argue that success of organizations largely depend on the kind of leadership they have. Still, some argue that it is a combination of leadership and employees with certain qualities because leaders are required to direct employees to achieve the vision of their organizations. But what differentiate good leaders from bad leaders? Allio (2007) argued that ...

[Client’s name] [Institutional affiliations]Introduction The concept of love is ​​one of the few words that express almost absolute abstraction (along with the truth, god, and others). The fact that in the concept of love people put a different meaning is doubtless. However, the individual love has a right to exist, as the right to life and have a variety of psychophysical substance called man. There is hardly a man in years, claiming that he had never loved or even fall in love. Many want to love and to be loved themselves. In the course of a lifetime ...

Introduction

Why do people constantly pursue the concept of absolute happiness? Satisfaction and contentment becomes underrated when everybody wants a piece of everything. Everyone wants something better even if they already have the best comparatively and relatively to other people. I remember a popular saying that “you can’t have it all,” this holds true in every aspect of life’s decision. In an article by Tsai and Hsee, they describe these thoughts as ‘hedonic adaptation’ where the initial feeling of positivism and negativism fizzles down through the course of time. The reasons of this phenomenon were summarize into three ...

Fear is a relative term, at least from the human perspective. This suggests that humanity has experienced its own sets of fears, depending on the prevailing dangers of a particular physical environment and epoch. In this regard, it has always been common knowledge that survival is an integral part of every species, including the Homo sapiens, and that compromising the sense of safety of animals and humans is most likely to instigate a reaction of fear. As such, it can also be said that fear is a beneficial aspect of existence, given that it triggers reactions of alertness, fighting ...

Management of a sports facility is often meant to help in precautious handling and preparedness for disasters that can arise during the football games. The World over, many notable disasters have hit football stadia that acted as an eye opener to the football governing body to enact appropriate legislation that will prevent any element of risk to the fans (Percio 2015, p.223–235). In the UK, there are infamous disasters that hit the game of football leading to loss of lives and numerous injuries to the victims. One of such incidences was the Hillsborough disaster that struck on 15th ...

Tourism refers to travelling for leisure, recreational or business purposes. Tourists usually refer to people who travel and stay away from their normal environment or home with their own will to experience some kind of change and getting involved in leisure, business, religious or other purposes. Tourism is the world’s largest industry these days, which is a very crucial area as a lot of money is made by tourism. A lot of money is spent by various countries around the world, in order to ensure that tourism is running successfully. I strongly support the view presented by Nelson ...

Introduction

Effective marketing strategies that are designed and implemented by smart marketers focus on the consumer behavior. In particular, successful fashion brands pay attention to the consumers’ perception of their own selves. Self-concept defines the consumer choice of apparel, shoes, and accessories. Without knowing the consumers’ perception of their own selves, it would be hard for the fashion marketers to position the products in the market successfully. The paper analyzes the role that the knowledge and understanding can play in implementing effective marketing strategies. There is also a brief comparison between the marketing strategies of Tommy Hilfiger and Nike, to ...

Horas Brothers and Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa

The painting has the ancient Greek simplicity and details of neoclassicism. Although the crowning ceremony brings magnificence and decorations to mind, I see the plainest and detailed form of the nobility after examining the art. It has been drawn in such detail that every guest there is easily noticed, and the richness of the clothes they wear is so detailed that it creates the feeling that you have taken it into your hands and examined it. At that moment, everyone gathered for a vital coronation and watched it in excitement. This enthusiasm and excitement are one of the signs of ...

Article 1: Searching for Explanations: How the Internet Inflates Estimates of Internal Knowledge

The study shows the effect that the internet has on cognition. The study shows how searching the internet for explanatory knowledge creates the illusion that one knows a lot or that they have recall for a lot of information when this is not the case. The study has the backing of nine experiments that show that searching the internet for information leads to high self-assessed knowledge. Individual believe their brains to be more active than they are as is depicted by functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). The study arose from the observation that people use transactive memory systems. People unconsciously divide ...